Optical and Microphysical Properties of Aerosols and Bioaerosols
A special issue of Aerobiology (ISSN 2813-5075).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 June 2024 | Viewed by 290
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aerosol optical properties; bioaerosol; aerosol radiative forcing; lidar; remote sensing; aerosol chemical characterization
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: airborne human pathogens; airborne plant pathogens; PM10 chemical components; meteorological parameters; spearman correlation coefficients; redundancy discriminant analysis; eukaryotic community structure; airborne PM10 samples; high-throughput sequencing; fungi genus seasonality; plant genus seasonality; pollen sampling; Hirst-type trap; pollen family detection; optical microscopy; airborne bacterial community
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Exposure to high amounts of atmospheric aerosol particles, including their biological components like bacteria, fungal spores, pollen, molds, and viruses, is related to significant deteriorations of the ecosystem and public health. In fact, the distribution of aerosols and bioaerosols is ubiquitous in the environment, with the atmosphere representing one of the most relevant means of their dispersal. In addition, aerosols possess a relatively long residence time in the atmosphere because of their small-scale size and, consequently, they can be transported over extended distances. Therefore, the possible effects of the aerosol particles on different fields like human health, cultivation, food production, ecosystem's condition, biogeochemical cycles, and atmospheric processes make their properties of great interest to the scientific community.
This Special Issue will explore the current knowledge about interactions among the optical and microphysical properties of aerosol particles and their biological components. In addition, this Special Issue aims to investigate the influence of meteorology, seasonal changes, and the advection of long-range-transported air masses on the detection of possible reasons for the atmospheric aerosol composition. We will consider both experimental and model-based works characterizing aerosols and bioaerosols in different types of environments. Authors are also encouraged to submit manuscripts based on particulate matter detection and monitoring devices and/or on advanced approaches.
Dr. Salvatore Romano
Dr. Mattia Fragola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- atmospheric aerosol
- bioaerosol
- particulate matter
- airborne bacteria
- pollen
- atmospheric pollution
- fungal spores
- viruses
- aerosol monitoring
